Featured projects

The Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar (the local authority for the Western Isles) aimed to restore key buildings and revitalise an outstanding conservation area in the heart of Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.

Young people connected with their circus heritage through archive investigations and oral history interviews, and brought their discoveries to life in performance, an exhibition, website and project newspaper.

This project managed visitors to Northern Ireland’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) through the provision of a visitor centre, associated site management, and an extensive programme of activities.

Volunteers from the Friends of Gloucestershire Archives captured, shared and celebrated the long history of Gloucester Rugby Football Club.

Re-enactors from the WW1 Remembrance Centre, Portsmouth looking at school panels, plus children’s own workCredit: Re-enactors from the WW1 Remembrance Centre, Portsmouth looking at school panels, plus children’s own work

The Parish Church Council (PCC) of the Grade I St Swithun’s Church has made better use of the space beneath the 17th-century gallery by converting it into a heritage and community room, making the church a focal point for village activities.

When staff at the Florence Nightingale Museum became aware that a collection of paintings depicting nursing during the First World War were on sale, they developed this project to purchase, exhibit and interpret them, engaging the local community with this exceptional collection.